Pavlik facing probation, jail — or intervention — in OVI conviction

AUSTINTOWN

Former boxing champ Kelly Pavlik has pleaded guilty to a charge of operating a vehicle under the influence of alcohol.

Pavlik, 31, of Canfield, originally was scheduled for an evidence-suppression hearing Wednesday afternoon in Mahoning County Area Court. When called before Judge David D’Apolito, he entered a plea of guilty to the OVI charge and waived his right to a trial.

“The second we walked in the courtroom, he changed his plea,” said Ken Cardinal, assistant Mahoning County prosecutor.

He has a mandatory six-month suspended license, retroactive to Dec. 10, 2013, when he was in court originally on the charge.

He has 30 days to pay $650 in court costs, and must serve 12 months' probation and and three days in jail — or in lieu of jail time, he can attend the driver intervention program run by Austintown’s probation department.

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